Best record in baseball before the ASB, worst record in baseball after. I wonder why Stengel hasn't fixed things.SF loses to the Cubs again, the Giants are now 15-29 since the break, 72-62 overall.
Jayson Stark ESPN Senior WriterMatt Shoemaker got hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of Kyle Seager today. Walked off with the help of trainers. Ball came off the bat at 105mph.
Forget about the Dodgers, they're only 1/2 game ahead of STL and NYM in the wild card race. Their team OPS for September is .486.San Francisco blew a 5-3 lead in the 9th and lost to Colorado last night.
They are now 17-32 since the ASB and are 5 games behind the Dodgers.
And the HP ump was Jim Joyce who, having had time during the current rain delay to see the bat hit the ball, is probably writing up his latest apologyBizarre incident in Astros / Indians game just now.
Bases loaded, pitch in the dirt by Paulinho that Ramirez checked his swing on but still managed to hit the ball to the backstop. The umpire says nothing, the Astros catcher is looking at the ump asking why he's not called a foul ball, meanwhile Lindor & Napoli run around to score.
And none of the umps saw the foul ball, it's been scored as a wild pitch and 2 runs scored.
The Houston manager didn't exactly go nuts - as I would have done - but he's been ejected anyway. The play isn;t reviewable so it's the umps call and they've screwed up big time.
This may be the biggest screwup of a screwed up play.Joyce explained he called time because he was discussing the play with Castro and wanted to stop the action on the field.
"I had a player discussing with me what had happened and he was emphatic about it," Joyce told a pool reporter after the game. "I'm not going to let bases loaded, keep rolling. To use a little bit of common sense and some fair play on that one, I wanted to call time and figure out what had happened."This may be the biggest screwup of a screwed up play.
There is still a runner out there on the bases and the ball is supposedly still in play and rolling around at the backstop (as no foul was called). How is Joyce calling time in the middle of a play to discuss things with a player?
Yep. Only in New York.How the hell do the MFY get a BALK call reversed? Incredible. Never seen that before.
Oakland shut out KC 8-0 tonight. KC is toast.Interesting to see which bad teams like playing spoiler this time of year.
San Diego just swept a 3 game series at San Francisco
TB just won 2 of 3 at Toronto
Oakland has won the first two games of a 4 game series in KC
Minnesota beat up Detroit in Detroit last night
Yup, that will make 4 years running (and 5 out of 6) where the WS champs miss the playoffs the following season.Oakland shut out KC 8-0 tonight. KC is toast.
But-but I thought KC had invented a whole new way to try to play baseball that only they truly understood and practiced. How could this happen?! Or, maybe it's really hard to be a top team when your starting pitching is mediocre.Yup, that will make 4 years running (and 5 out of 6) where the WS champs miss the playoffs the following season.
I think it's hard to go to the WS three straight years, regardless of your playing styleBut-but I thought KC had invented a whole new way to try to play baseball that only they truly understood and practiced. How could this happen?! Or, maybe it's really hard to be a top team when your starting pitching is mediocre.
I think this is more you not being capable of understanding "this team is really good" doesn't have to suggest the bolded.But-but I thought KC had invented a whole new way to try to play baseball that only they truly understood and practiced. How could this happen?! Or, maybe it's really hard to be a top team when your starting pitching is mediocre.
That is so huge considering Sox and Indians are on a collision course for the ALDS.Carrasco fractured his right hand two pitches into today's game
Salazar is out indefinitely too right?That is so huge considering Sox and Indians are on a collision course for the ALDS.
Come on, I was pretty obviously repeating the media conventional wisdom in response to their success.I think this is more you not being capable of understanding "this team is really good" doesn't have to suggest the bolded.
Or: what E5 said.
Tropicana North?Wow, huge swaths of the seats at Camden Yards are empty as the team starts this crucial game in Baltimore. Way to represent, Charm City.
Was it that outlandish? Can't stuff change, like your all-world relief ace being hurt?Come on, I was pretty obviously repeating the media conventional wisdom in response to their success.